The Post-Deployment Mental Health (PDMH) study and repository: A multi-site study of US Afghanistan and Iraq era veterans

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Brancu, Mira ^a,b   Wagner, H Ryan ^a,b   Morey, Rajendra A ^a,b   Beckham, Jean C ^a,b   Calhoun, Patrick S ^a,b   Tupler, Larry A ^a,b   Marx, Christine E ^a,b   Taber, Katherine H ^c,d,e   Hurley, Robin A ^c,e,f   Rowland, Jared ^c,f   McDonald, Scott D ^g,h   Hoerle, Jeffrey M ^a   Moore, Scott D ^a,b   Kudler, Harold S ⁱ   Weiner, Richard D ^b   Fairbank, John A ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EDWARD VIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g HUNTER HOLMES MCGUIRE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Iraq; mental health; post deployment; veterans

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021313140     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: 15570657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.1570     Document Type: Article

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